- 1). Plug your USB drive or external hard drive into your computer.
- 2). Highlight the files you wish to transfer using your mouse.
- 3). Right-click on the highlighted files and click "Cut."
- 4). Click on the Start button. Click "My Computer" if you are using the Windows XP operating system. Click on "Computer" if you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7.
- 5). Double-click on the icon for your USB drive or external hard drive. This will be shown as a hard drive icon, along with the brand name of the USB or hard drive. Once clicked, the USB drive or external hard drive window opens.
- 6). Right-click inside the USB or external hard drive window and click "Paste." The files you selected will transfer to the device. Once this window is open, you can also drag and drop other files into it or cut and paste more files to the drive.
- 7). Remove the USB drive or unplug the external hard drive from the computer when all files transfer. Plug the device into your laptop. Click on the Start button. Click "My Computer" if using Windows XP, or "Computer" if using Vista or Windows 7. Double-click on the drive's icon in the window that appears.
- 8). Highlight the files on the USB or external drive using your mouse. Right-click on the highlighted files and click "Cut." Right-click anywhere on your laptop's hard drive, whether on the desktop or inside a specific folder, and click "Paste" to transfer your files to your laptop from your PC.
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